"The end of this global pandemic almost certainly rests with a vaccine." Lost me right there. "...might rest" is about the furthest I would go. It's entirely

"The end of this global pandemic almost certainly rests with a vaccine." Lost me right there. "...might rest" is about the furthest I would go. It's entirely possible that, like most lethal viruses, it extracts its pound of flesh and goes away on its own, long before we have a vaccine for general (7 billion people) use. In fact, that is probably MORE likely than a vaccine for general use showing up before that happens.